by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Jan 27, 2023 | Body Image Issues
Corsets, bikinis, skinny jeans, stilettos. Every culture has its version of the contrived ideal body and the clothes that should fit it. We all buy into it because it’s pumped into the very air we breathe, trying as we may to hold our breath in protest. Inclusive...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Jan 1, 2023 | Body Image Issues
Times change. People change. Bodies change. But interestingly, findings from body image research haven’t changed much in the past 30 years. Sadly, the common thread of impossible beauty standards still stitches its way through the world’s many cultures. And people...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Dec 17, 2022 | Body Image Issues
What does Albert Einstein have to do with body image? Perhaps not so much in the direct sense. But, as one revered for his astronomical mind and theories, he favored insatiable curiosity and great questions over the presumption of absolutes. A body image...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Sep 26, 2022 | Body Image Issues, Uncategorized
There’s one relationship you can’t escape, and that is the one you have with yourself. And that relationship extends to what you see in the mirror and how you perceive and respond to it. Most of us see things we would like to change. But, for some people, those little...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Jun 13, 2022 | Body Image Issues
Bodies are neither good nor bad. Body image, however, can’t say the same. Good, bad, or somewhere in between, body image isn’t really about your body at all. It’s about the thoughts, feelings, and perceptions you have about it. Positive thoughts and feelings? Good...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Jun 5, 2022 | Body Image Issues
You’ve probably heard the saying about beach body images. The one that goes like this: If you want a beach body, go to the beach. With your body. Now you have a beach body! Sigh. If only we were all socialized to feel that eeezy breezy. But we’re not. We...
